Dra. Digna Diaz has graciously accepted the request to become Boquete Health and Hospice’s Medical Director. Dra Diaz has a busy practice in Boquete as her patients are both Panamanians and ex-pats.
After graduating as a General Physician in 1999 from Universidad Autinoma De Ciencias Medicas De Centroamerica in Costa Rica, then completing two years internship and three years as a specialist of internal medicine at the Seguro Social Chiriqui, two years Masters on Aesthetic Medicine and then ten years private practice in Panama, Dra. Diaz moved to Boquete. She now works and has established Boquete Medical Associates with Dra Sue King Loo.
tor’s vision for Boquete Medical Associates is to gather together needed specialists in Boquete plus include all medical related services into one main clinic. This medical clinic will provide consultations, small procedures, emergency procedures, laboratory, pharmacy, radiology, physiotherapy and alternative medical related issues to the residents of Boquete all in one place. Already the medical issues solved in the town have lessened the frequency of trips to David. The doctors are appreciative of the support, trust and positive insight of their local patients.
The Medical Directorship of Boquete Health and Hospice includes the possibility of assisting any attending physician, reviewing a patient’s eligibility for hospice services, developing and implementing a plan of care, performing a home visit to assess a patient’s need, rendering the necessary medical and pain management consistent with a patient’s need, working with governmental palliative care programs to insure a patient receives appropriate medical care and pain management, and possibly accepting a patient for care when they do not have an attending physician.
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I have two projects for Boquete Health and Hospice.
No. 1 Blood Bank. To the best of my knowledge there is no Blood Bank of any sort in Chirqui. or maybe even in Panama
No 2. When I was in Baru the other day a young man had an issue of some sort and was on the ground in front of the cashiers for some time. Guess what? No Ambulance in town and after a while maybe they were Bomberos medics show up but had very little equipment. If this had been a more serious emergency some one could of passed.
Now if this in not within the area of responsibility of Boquete Health and Hospic but I bet they either know someone who could find solutions for the two above suggestions or know where to go for the solution..